--- a/doc/3.18.rst	Mon Aug 26 11:36:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/doc/3.18.rst	Mon Aug 26 16:16:22 2013 +0200
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 
 * all 3.8 backward compat is gone
 
-* all 3.9 backward compat (except javascript side) is gone
+* all 3.9 backward compat (including the javascript side) is gone

--- a/web/data/cubicweb.ajax.js	Mon Aug 26 11:36:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/data/cubicweb.ajax.js	Mon Aug 26 16:16:22 2013 +0200
@@ -339,11 +339,6 @@
         cw.log('loadxhtml called without an element');
     }
     var callback = null;
-    if (form && form.callback) {
-        cw.log('[3.9] callback given through form.callback is deprecated, add ' + 'callback on the defered');
-        callback = form.callback;
-        delete form.callback;
-    }
     var node = this.get(0); // only consider the first element
     if (cursor) {
         setProgressCursor();
@@ -734,13 +729,7 @@
 
 /* DEPRECATED *****************************************************************/
 
-preprocessAjaxLoad = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] preprocessAjaxLoad() is deprecated, use loadAjaxHtmlHead instead',
-    function(node, newdomnode) {
-        return loadAjaxHtmlHead(newdomnode);
-    }
-);
-
+// still used in cwo and keyword cubes at least
 reloadComponent = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
     '[3.9] reloadComponent() is deprecated, use loadxhtml instead',
     function(compid, rql, registry, nodeid, extraargs) {
@@ -754,52 +743,6 @@
     }
 );
 
-reloadBox = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] reloadBox() is deprecated, use loadxhtml instead',
-    function(boxid, rql) {
-        return reloadComponent(boxid, rql, 'ctxcomponents', boxid);
-    }
-);
-
-replacePageChunk = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] replacePageChunk() is deprecated, use loadxhtml instead',
-    function(nodeId, rql, vid, extraparams, /* ... */ swap, callback) {
-        var params = null;
-        if (callback) {
-            params = {
-                callback: callback
-            };
-        }
-        var node = jQuery('#' + nodeId)[0];
-        var props = {};
-        if (node) {
-            props['rql'] = rql;
-            props['fname'] = 'view';
-            props['pageid'] = pageid;
-            if (vid) {
-                props['vid'] = vid;
-            }
-            if (extraparams) {
-                jQuery.extend(props, extraparams);
-            }
-            // FIXME we need to do asURL(props) manually instead of
-            // passing `props` directly to loadxml because replacePageChunk
-            // is sometimes called (abusively) with some extra parameters in `vid`
-            var mode = swap ? 'swap': 'replace';
-            var url = AJAX_BASE_URL + asURL(props);
-            jQuery(node).loadxhtml(url, params, 'get', mode);
-        } else {
-            cw.log('Node', nodeId, 'not found');
-        }
-    }
-);
-
-loadxhtml = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] loadxhtml() function is deprecated, use loadxhtml method instead',
-    function(nodeid, url, /* ... */ replacemode) {
-        jQuery('#' + nodeid).loadxhtml(url, null, 'post', replacemode);
-    }
-);
 
 function remoteExec(fname /* ... */) {
     setProgressCursor();

--- a/web/data/cubicweb.compat.js	Mon Aug 26 11:36:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/data/cubicweb.compat.js	Mon Aug 26 16:16:22 2013 +0200
@@ -1,34 +1,3 @@
-cw.utils.movedToNamespace(['log', 'jqNode', 'getNode', 'evalJSON', 'urlEncode',
-                           'swapDOM'], cw);
-cw.utils.movedToNamespace(['nodeWalkDepthFirst', 'formContents', 'isArray',
-                           'isString', 'isArrayLike', 'sliceList',
-                           'toISOTimestamp'], cw.utils);
-
-
-if ($.noop === undefined) {
-    function noop() {}
-} else {
-    noop = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-        '[3.9] noop() is deprecated, use $.noop() instead (XXX requires jQuery 1.4)',
-        $.noop);
-}
-
-// ========== ARRAY EXTENSIONS ========== ///
-Array.prototype.contains = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] array.contains(elt) is deprecated, use $.inArray(elt, array)!=-1 instead',
-    function(element) {
-        return jQuery.inArray(element, this) != - 1;
-    }
-);
-
-// ========== END OF ARRAY EXTENSIONS ========== ///
-forEach = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] forEach() is deprecated, use $.each() instead',
-    function(array, func) {
-        return $.each(array, func);
-    }
-);
-
 /**
  * .. function:: cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(msg, function)
  *
@@ -41,64 +10,20 @@
  *   [ ["a", "b", "c"], ["d", "e"] ]
  */
  // XXX why not the same argument order as $.map and forEach ?
-map = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] map() is deprecated, use $.map instead',
-    function(func, array) {
-        var result = [];
-        for (var i = 0, length = array.length; i < length; i++) {
-            result.push(func(array[i]));
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-);
 
-findValue = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] findValue(array, elt) is deprecated, use $.inArray(elt, array) instead',
-    function(array, element) {
-        return jQuery.inArray(element, array);
-    }
-);
-
-filter = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] filter(func, array) is deprecated, use $.grep(array, f) instead',
-    function(func, array) {
-        return $.grep(array, func);
+function map(func, array) {
+    var result = [];
+    for (var i = 0, length = array.length; i < length; i++) {
+        result.push(func(array[i]));
     }
-);
-
-addElementClass = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] addElementClass(node, cls) is deprecated, use $(node).addClass(cls) instead',
-    function(node, klass) {
-        $(node).addClass(klass);
-    }
-);
+    return result;
+}
 
-removeElementClass = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] removeElementClass(node, cls) is deprecated, use $(node).removeClass(cls) instead',
-    function(node, klass) {
-        $(node).removeClass(klass);
-    }
-);
 
-hasElementClass = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] hasElementClass(node, cls) is deprecated, use $(node).hasClass(cls)',
-    function(node, klass) {
-        return $(node).hasClass(klass);
-    }
-);
-
+// skm cube still uses this
 getNodeAttribute = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
     '[3.9] getNodeAttribute(node, attr) is deprecated, use $(node).attr(attr)',
     function(node, attribute) {
         return $(node).attr(attribute);
     }
 );
-
-/**
- * The only known usage of KEYS is in the tag cube. Once cubicweb-tag 1.7.0 is out,
- * this current definition can be removed.
- */
-var KEYS = {
-    KEY_ESC: 27,
-    KEY_ENTER: 13
-};

--- a/web/data/cubicweb.htmlhelpers.js	Mon Aug 26 11:36:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/data/cubicweb.htmlhelpers.js	Mon Aug 26 16:16:22 2013 +0200
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
         // generate a list of couple key=value if key is multivalued
         if (cw.utils.isArrayLike(value)) {
             for (var i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
-                chunks.push(key + '=' + urlEncode(value[i]));
+                chunks.push(key + '=' + cw.urlEncode(value[i]));
             }
         } else {
-            chunks.push(key + '=' + urlEncode(value));
+            chunks.push(key + '=' + cw.urlEncode(value));
         }
     }
     return chunks.join('&');

--- a/web/data/cubicweb.js	Mon Aug 26 11:36:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/data/cubicweb.js	Mon Aug 26 16:16:22 2013 +0200
@@ -105,15 +105,6 @@
         };
     },
 
-    movedToNamespace: function (funcnames, namespace) {
-        for (var i = 0; i < funcnames.length; i++) {
-            var funcname = funcnames[i];
-            var msg = ('[3.9] ' + funcname + ' is deprecated, use ' +
-		       namespace.__name__ + '.' + funcname + ' instead');
-            window[funcname] = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(msg, namespace[funcname]);
-        }
-    },
-
     createDomFunction: function (tag) {
         function builddom(params, children) {
             var node = document.createElement(tag);
@@ -388,14 +379,6 @@
 
 });
 
-String.prototype.startsWith = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction('[3.9] str.startsWith() is deprecated, use str.startswith() instead', function (prefix) {
-    return this.startswith(prefix);
-});
-
-String.prototype.endsWith = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction('[3.9] str.endsWith() is deprecated, use str.endswith() instead', function (suffix) {
-    return this.endswith(prefix);
-});
-
 /** DOM factories ************************************************************/
 A = cw.utils.createDomFunction('a');
 BUTTON = cw.utils.createDomFunction('button');
@@ -472,7 +455,8 @@
     return node;
 }
 
-// XXX avoid crashes / backward compat
+// cubes: tag, keyword and apycot seem to use this, including require/provide
+// backward compat
 CubicWeb = cw;
 
 jQuery.extend(cw, {

--- a/web/test/jstests/test_utils.js	Mon Aug 26 11:36:19 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/test/jstests/test_utils.js	Mon Aug 26 16:16:22 2013 +0200
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
   module("sliceList");
   test("test slicelist", function() {
       var list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'];
-      same(sliceList(list, 2),  ['c', 'd', 'e', 'f']);
-      same(sliceList(list, 2, -2), ['c', 'd']);
-      same(sliceList(list, -3), ['d', 'e', 'f']);
-      same(sliceList(list, 0, -2), ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']);
-      same(sliceList(list),  list);
+      same(cw.utils.sliceList(list, 2),  ['c', 'd', 'e', 'f']);
+      same(cw.utils.sliceList(list, 2, -2), ['c', 'd']);
+      same(cw.utils.sliceList(list, -3), ['d', 'e', 'f']);
+      same(cw.utils.sliceList(list, 0, -2), ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']);
+      same(cw.utils.sliceList(list),  list);
   });
 
   module("formContents", {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 			     'value="one" />');
       $('#test-form').append('<input name="unchecked-choice" type="radio" ' +
 			     'value="two"/>');
-      same(formContents($('#test-form')[0]), [
+      same(cw.utils.formContents($('#test-form')[0]), [
 	['input-text', 'mytextarea', 'choice', 'check', 'theselect'],
 	['toto', 'Hello World!', 'no', 'no', 'foo']
       ]);